Mar '18
I know, I know. If you've been on the internet for more than a year, this question is like for Horror Nerds 101 (nerd? Speak for yourself, bub!) I myself have been using the internet for, Christ, about 20 years now, so I've answered this question - on multiple message boards and chatrooms - tirelessly, and with fluctuating answers at that.
I was a Dawn of the Dead junkie for a good while there (isn't everyone at some point?) Then one day (he was shooting up some food, and up from the ground...ahem, sorry) I succumbed to the brilliance of Day. It was that slow build of impending doom that you feel throughout the events of the film while our characters systematically fall apart that had me calling Day my number one for probably about 15 years or so.
But recently, I've come back around to Dawn (of course, it isn't easy to make a clear decision, since they're all brilliant). Dawn of the Dead has that awesome '70s look and feel; it essentially acts as a time capsule to a decade I never got to experience first hand. Of course, that in itself wouldn't be enough for me to call it a favorite, but luckily, it's pretty much universally agreed upon that it's a masterpiece not just in the world of horror, but filmmaking in general.
Night is the classic that started it all, but at no point in time was it ever my favorite.
So, where do you stand?
I was a Dawn of the Dead junkie for a good while there (isn't everyone at some point?) Then one day (he was shooting up some food, and up from the ground...ahem, sorry) I succumbed to the brilliance of Day. It was that slow build of impending doom that you feel throughout the events of the film while our characters systematically fall apart that had me calling Day my number one for probably about 15 years or so.
But recently, I've come back around to Dawn (of course, it isn't easy to make a clear decision, since they're all brilliant). Dawn of the Dead has that awesome '70s look and feel; it essentially acts as a time capsule to a decade I never got to experience first hand. Of course, that in itself wouldn't be enough for me to call it a favorite, but luckily, it's pretty much universally agreed upon that it's a masterpiece not just in the world of horror, but filmmaking in general.
Night is the classic that started it all, but at no point in time was it ever my favorite.
So, where do you stand?
Dawn of the Dead is my favorite. Hands down. Romero's characters in these movies are always great, but this movie was something else for me. I was so invested in this movie when I first saw it. Back when I was first getting into the genre.
Everyone likes Night, because like Tromafreak says, it pretty much is the greatest horror film of all time. A real gut-punch of an ending, and I can only imagine how cool this would have been to see in a theater back in the day. One of the most groundbreaking films of all time, and now it's a public domain film that most people kind of overlook. Oh well.
Day is more gloomy and has superior effects, but I'll be honest. I was a little disappointed with it after seeing Dawn and obsessing about how cool it was. I loved Dawn so much, I ordered Day shortly after, and it was just okay. Don't get me wrong, I've grown to love it like a lot of other horror films, but at the time... no one could beat Ken Foree!
Sure, Dawn has shitty grey-painted zombies, but it was just so damn fun. In fact, it never gets boring, despite being long, and having even longer extended cuts out there. Where NIGHT is the ultimate horror movie, DAWN is the ultimate zombie survival movie. DAY is like the... uhhh... Biggest piece of meat in the cave!